Atari ST floppy drive?

[David Betz]

On Jan 30, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:

> On 29 Jan 2009 at 22:00, David Betz wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to recover some files off of a couple of Atari SH204 hard
>> drives but I only have a 520ST and need to find an external floppy
>> drive to bootstrap my system. Does anyone have a spare Atari SF314
>> floppy drive around that they'd be willing to part with? I don't have
>> much classic stuff left so I guess this will have to be a sale rather
>> than a trade.
>
> AFAIK, there's nothing magic about the 520ST floppy drive--if you can
> find that multi-pin DIN connector, you can easily take a stock 3.5"
> 720K or 1.44M drive and use it.   I've got the pinout for the
> connector (and may even have one in my hellbox) if you want to tackle
> rolling your own.

Sure, that would help! I figured there was some other electronics in  
the drive like the Atari 800 and C64 drives. If it's just building a  
cable, I can probably handle that.

Thanks!
David